"In 1952, Gary Cooper won a Golden Globe Award and his second Academy Award for his portrayal of Will Kane. While ""The Washington Post"" refers to the character as ""A Classic Role,"" ""Entertainment Weekly"" ranked the character fourteenth on its list of the top twenty ""All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture"" in April 2009. The magazine included him on its list because in """"High Noon"", Gary Cooper's retiring lawman faces down a killer and his goons despite being deserted by the rest of the town."" ""Entertainment Weekly"" went on to cite his most heroic move as when ""Kane's last ally"
"High Noon High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, depicted in real time, centers around a town marshal who is torn between his sense of duty and love for his new bride and who must face a gang of killers alone. Though mired in controversy with political overtones at the time of its release, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four (Actor, Editing, Music-Score, and Music-Song) as well as four Golden Globe Awards (Actor, Supporting"
"a ""suitably demure vaguely Victorian dress"", alongside Gary Cooper, who was 28 years her senior. The movie was released in the summer of 1952. ""High Noon"" garnered four Academy Awards, and has since been ranked among the best films of all time. However, ""High Noon"" was not the film that made Kelly a movie star, despite it now being one of her best-known films. As biographer H. Haughland states: ""Miss Kelly's acting did not excite the critics, or live up to her own expectations."" Some critics scoffed at the conclusion of the film in which Cooper's character has to be"
"her work in the theater and on television, although she lacked ""vocal horsepower"", and would likely not have had a lengthy stage career. Kelly was performing in Colorado's Elitch Gardens when producer Stanley Kramer offered her a role co-starring opposite Gary Cooper in Fred Zinnemann's ""High Noon"", a western set in a historic old mining town in Columbia, California. She accepted the role, and the film was shot in the late summer/early fall of 1951 over a 28-day shooting schedule in hot weather conditions. She was cast as a ""young Quaker bride to Gary Cooper's stoic Marshall"", and she wore"
"1929 film version of ""The Virginian"" in which Cooper also starred. The film was criticized in the Soviet Union as ""glorification of the individual"". The American Left lauded it as an allegory against blacklisting and McCarthyism, but it gained respect in the conservative community as well. It has been cited as a favorite by several U.S. presidents. Dwight Eisenhower screened the film at the White House, and Bill Clinton hosted a record 17 White House screenings. ""It's no accident that politicians see themselves as Gary Cooper in ""High Noon"","" Clinton said. ""Not just politicians, but anyone who's forced to go"
"nuclear weapons testing. The struggles attending the blacklist were played out metaphorically on the big screen in various ways. As described by film historian James Chapman, ""Carl Foreman, who had refused to testify before the committee, wrote the western ""High Noon"" (1952), in which a town marshal (played, ironically, by friendly witness Gary Cooper) finds himself deserted by the good citizens of Hadleyville (read: Hollywood) when a gang of outlaws who had terrorized the town several years earlier (read: HUAC) returns."" Cooper's lawman cleaned up Hadleyville, but Foreman was forced to leave for Europe to find work. Even more famously,"
"to the effectiveness of his performance. Considered one of the first ""adult"" Westerns for its theme of moral courage, ""High Noon"" received enthusiastic reviews for its artistry, with ""Time"" magazine placing it in the ranks of ""Stagecoach"" and ""The Gunfighter"". Bosley Crowther, in ""The New York Times"", wrote that Cooper was ""at the top of his form"", and John McCarten, in ""The New Yorker"", wrote that Cooper was never more effective. The film earned $3.75 million in the United States and $18 million worldwide. Following the example of his friend James Stewart, Cooper accepted a lower salary in exchange for"
"the western themed Gary Cooper film, High Noon. The building previously housed the ""Buy & Sell"" shop, a Madison resale shop with an unusually large neon colored fish on its roof. Numerous national and local bands practiced and recorded in the basement of the Buy & Sell shop who would eventually play upstairs in the High Noon Saloon. Turbonegro recorded two songs of their Ass Cobra album with Sean Bovine at Green Room studios in the south-east corner of the basement. No Name printing would churn out their flyers in the basement, also home to Rhetoric Records. Brainerd recorded their"
"May 30. Over the next half-century, Sierra No. 3 pulled tourist excursion trains and appeared in dozens of films, TV shows, and commercials. Among them were ""High Noon"" in 1952, for which Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and ""Unforgiven"", starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1992. The locomotive was often redecorated for various movie and television appearances, one of its most famous roles being the ""Hooterville Cannonball"" from the mid-sixties series ""Petticoat Junction"". False smokestacks were also often installed to alter the appearance of the locomotive. In"
"were making together. Fleischer says his RKO contract prevented him from directing ""High Noon"". John Wayne was originally offered the lead role in the film, but turned it down because he felt that Foreman's story was an obvious allegory against blacklisting, which he actively supported. Later, he told an interviewer that he would ""never regret having helped run [Foreman] out of the country"". Cooper was Wayne's longtime friend, and shared his conservative political views; he had been a ""friendly witness"" before HUAC, but did not implicate anyone as a suspected Communist, and later became a vigorous opponent of blacklisting. Ironically,"
"(1958). In 1933, Cooper married New York debutante Veronica Balfe, and they had one daughter. The marriage was interrupted by a three-year separation that was precipitated by Cooper's affair with Patricia Neal. Cooper received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in ""Sergeant York"" and ""High Noon"", and he received an Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements in 1961. He was one of the top 10 film personalities for 23 consecutive years and was one of the top money-making stars for 18 years. The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Cooper 11th on its list of the 25"
"born in that decade). In the 1930s, 0.38% of the male babies in the United States were named ""Gary"", and in the 1950s as many as 1.54% of the male babies were given this name, making it the 12th most popular given name of that decade. The name ""Gary"" reached its record popularity (9th place) in 1954, the year after Gary Cooper received his Best Actor Academy Award for his leading role in ""High Noon"". Since then, the popularity of ""Gary"" as a given name in the United States has been on a very slow, but steady decline. In the"
"2004, The 1981 science fiction film ""Outland"", starring Sean Connery as a federal agent on an interplanetary mining outpost, has been compared to ""High Noon"" due to similarities in themes and plot. The plot for the 1987 high school comedy film Three O'Clock High was loosely based on ""High Noon"". A teen desperately attempts to avoid a fight with a menacing bully, set to happen at 3 o'clock. ""High Noon"" is referenced several times on the HBO drama series ""The Sopranos"". Tony Soprano cites Gary Cooper's character as the archetype of what a man should be, mentally tough and stoic."
"about his long career as a naval aviator and his role in the development of aircraft carriers. Cooper's performance and the Technicolor newsreel footage supplied by the United States Navy made the film one of Cooper's most popular during this period. In the next two years, Cooper made four poorly received films: Michael Curtiz' period drama ""Bright Leaf"" (1950), Stuart Heisler's Western melodrama ""Dallas"" (1950), Henry Hathaway's wartime comedy ""You're in the Navy Now"" (1951), and Raoul Walsh's Western action film ""Distant Drums"" (1951). Cooper's most important film during the post-war years was Fred Zinnemann's Western drama ""High Noon"" (1952)"
"Kelly Fan Club"" was established. It became popular all over the United States, with local chapters springing up and attracting many members. Kelly referred to her fan club as ""terrifically amusing"". Kelly was noticed during a visit to the set of ""Fourteen Hours"" by Gary Cooper, who subsequently starred with her in ""High Noon"" (1952). He was charmed by her, and said that she was ""different from all these sexballs we've been seeing so much of"". However, Kelly's performance in ""Fourteen Hours"" was not noticed by critics, and did not lead to her receiving other film acting roles. She continued"
"genre, but I do love certain westerns. 'High Noon' means a lot to me - I love the purity and the honesty, I love Gary Cooper in that film, the idea of the last man standing. I do not like John Wayne: I find it hard to watch him."" Daniel Day-Lewis ""I started watching Westerns when I was shooting in London about four or five years ago. I really fell in love with Gary Cooper, and his stuff. That sucked me into the Westerns. Before, I never got engrossed in the story. I’d just dip in, and there were guys"
"and Fred Zinneman's 1952 western ""High Noon"" are apparent. Writer-director Peter Hyams has transported the characters and motifs from the dusty frontier town of Gary Cooper to the frontiers of space. While Hyams keeps the story barreling along, he also develops a corollary anti-capitalist theme. Io is an outpost for exploitation, and it doesn't make any difference whether the miners are digging gold in the Colorado hills or titanium on Jupiter's moon, the greed of the corporate class will prevail. ""Outland"" marks the return of the classic western hero in a space helmet. His outfit has changed and his environment"
"High Noon (2009 film) High Noon, also known as Nora Roberts' High Noon, is a 2009 television film directed by Peter Markle, which stars Emilie de Ravin and Ivan Sergei. The film is based on the Nora Roberts novel of the same name and is part of the Nora Roberts 2009 movie collection, which also includes ""Northern Lights"", ""Midnight Bayou"", and ""Tribute"". The film debuted April 4, 2009 on Lifetime Television. Divorced crisis negotiator police lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara (de Ravin) struggles with the pressures of her job, raising her young daughter Carly, facing mounting bills, and taking care of her"
"(""The Ballad of High Noon""). At its opening preview to the press, the film, which starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, did badly. Tiomkin writes that ""film experts agreed that the picture was a flat failure... The producers hesitated to release the picture."" Tiomkin bought the rights to the song and released it as a single for the popular music market, with singer Frankie Laine. The record became an immediate success worldwide. Based on the song's popularity, the studio released the film four months later, with the words sung by country western star Tex Ritter. The film received seven Academy"
"Tin Man is an iconic character ... It's a real throwback in a lot of ways. It's almost an Eastwood character. It's a guy who knows the difference between right and wrong. It's a very iconic Western character. When we made the list, Craig and I, we kept going, 'We need Neal. We need Neal.' He has strength as a man. He is unabashedly a man and unapologetically a man."" According to ""The Washington Post"", when ""McDonough read the script, though, he immediately saw the opportunity to play Wyatt Cain as 'that iconic Western Gary Cooper, ""High Noon""-ish character. According"
"given an antique Sheriff's badge; her husband, Roarke, noting Eve is wearing the badge quips, ""Funny; you don't look like Gary Cooper."" then explains, """"High Noon"" Darlin'."" ""High Noon"" is alluded to in the movie ""Die Hard"". The 1969 comedy ""Support Your Local Sheriff!"" follows the overall plot of ""High Noon"". The 1971 Christmas episode of The Partridge Family (Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa) is a play on ""High Noon"", with David Cassidy's 'sheriff' character constantly strumming his guitar and describing events to the tune of ""Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'"", much to everyone's annoyance. High"
"Boone, Trail Blazer"" (1957), ""The Cyclops"" (1957) and ""The Alligator People"" (1959). Chaney established himself as a favorite of producer Stanley Kramer; in addition to playing a key supporting role in ""High Noon"" (1952) (starring Gary Cooper), he also appeared in ""Not as a Stranger"" (1955)—a hospital melodrama featuring Robert Mitchum and Frank Sinatra—and ""The Defiant Ones"" (1958, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier). Kramer told the press at the time that whenever a script came in with a role too difficult for most actors in Hollywood, he called Chaney. One of his best known roles was a 1952 live"
"Gilbert Roland, as the wife of an aging matador. She had rudimentary English language skills, and memorized and delivered her lines phonetically. Despite this handicap, her strong performance brought her to the attention of Hollywood producer Stanley Kramer, who cast her in the classic Western ""High Noon"", starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Jurado learned to speak English for the role, studying and taking classes two hours a day for two months. She played saloon owner Helen Ramírez, former love of reluctant hero Cooper's Will Kane. She earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and gained notice in"
"High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane is a 1980 American made-for television western film and a sequel to the classic 1952 film ""High Noon"". It starred Lee Majors in the title role, as well as David Carradine and Pernell Roberts. It first aired on CBS on November 15, 1980, in a two-hour time-slot. The film's screenplay was written by famed crime novelist Elmore Leonard. Will Kane returns to the town of Hadleyville, a year after the events of ""High Noon"", and finds that the town is now in"
"channel TBS. In ""High Noon"", Will Kane is a town marshal of the fictional Hadleyville, New Mexico Territory. It is both his wedding day and his last day as a marshal. He is about to leave town with his bride, Amy, to start a new life as a store clerk when the clerk of the telegraph office brings bad news: a man he sent to prison some years earlier, Frank Miller, has been released from prison and is arriving on the noon train. Kane, and the townsfolk who remember Miller, know Miller's visit is for one reason: revenge. Upon his"
"and John Wayne ""High Noon"" – Dimitri Tiomkin ""5 Fingers"" – Michael Wilson Millard Mitchell – ""My Six Convicts"" Katy Jurado – ""High Noon"" Walt Disney ""My Cousin Rachel"" – Richard Burton ""Moulin Rouge"" – Colette Marchand ""The Member of the Wedding"" – Brandon deWilde 10th Golden Globe Awards The 10th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1952 films, were held on February 26, 1953, at the Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles. Gary Cooper – ""High Noon"" Donald O'Connor – ""Singin' in the Rain"" Shirley Booth – ""Come Back, Little Sheba"" Susan Hayward – ""With"
"cousins of western feature films such as ""Shane"" (1953), with Alan Ladd and ""High Noon"" (1952), starring Gary Cooper"" The program was set in the post-Civil War United States. The program opened with a trumpet theme by Jerry Goldsmith and this introduction: The character's full name is Jeremy Brian Kendall. This was revealed in the episode ""The Lost Mine."" Kendall was described as an ""elegant and icily effective ... veteran of the British Army in India."" Written, produced and directed by Antony Ellis, it followed the adventures of journalist Kendall as he roamed the Western United States in search of"
"who carried a lot of pain with him. I told Nick, 'The kind of thing I'm talking about is Cooperesque.' I had him look at a lot of Gary Cooper films. Nick Nolte said the role made a change of pace for him: It was a chance to play a morally perfect character. Like Walter said, we spent a lot of time looking at old films to get this Old West flavor. We looked at Wayne films, at Cooper films, at Randolph Scott films. Yeah, there's a lot of ""High Noon"" in this movie. There's a lot of Howard Hawks"
"recounted statements he'd heard suggesting that the Constitution was out of date and that Congress was an unnecessary institution—comments that Cooper said he found to be ""very un-American"" and testified that he had rejected several scripts because he thought they were ""tinged with communist ideas"". Unlike some other witnesses, Cooper did not name any individuals, nor did he name any scripts, during his testimony. In 1951, while making High Noon, Cooper became friends with High Noon screenwriter Carl Foreman, who had been a member of the Communist party. When Foreman was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, Cooper put"
"many tight close-ups which showed him sweating, and at one point, even crying on screen. Screenwriter Carl Foreman apparently intended ""High Noon"" to be an allegory of Senator Joseph McCarthy's vendetta against alleged Communists. However, Zinnemann disagreed, insisting, late in life, that the issues in the film, for him, were broader, and were more about conscience and independent, uncompromising fearlessness. He says, """"High Noon"" is ""not a Western, as far as I'm concerned; it just happens to be set in the Old West."" Film critic Stephen Prince suggests that the character of Kane actually represents Zinnemann, who tried to create"
"star (that he threw on the ground at the end of the 1952 original movie) and shoots Ward to death. ""High Noon, Part II"" was released on DVD in 2012. It currently holds a score of 5.2/10 on IMDb. High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane is a 1980 American made-for television western film and a sequel to the classic 1952 film ""High Noon"". It starred Lee Majors in the title role, as well as David Carradine and Pernell Roberts. It first aired on CBS on November 15, 1980,"
"less menacing. Van Cleef refused, and was cast instead as Colby, the only role of his career without a single line of dialog. ""High Noon"" was filmed in the late summer/early fall of 1951 in several locations in California. The opening scenes, under the credits, were shot at Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles. A few town scenes were shot in Columbia State Historic Park, a preserved Gold Rush mining town near Sonora, but most of the street scenes were filmed on the Columbia lot in Burbank. St. Joseph's Church in Tuolumne City was used for exterior shots of the"
"and ""Moonlight Gambler"" (#3). One of the signature songs of the early 1950s, ""Jezebel"" takes the ""Lorelei"" motif to its end, with Laine shouting ""Jezebel!"" at the woman who has destroyed him. In Laine's words, the song uses ""flamenco rhythms to whip up an atmosphere of sexual frustration and hatred while a guy berated the woman who'd done him wrong."" ""High Noon"" was the theme song from the western motion picture starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. It had been sung by cowboy star Tex Ritter in the film, but it was Laine's recording that became the big hit. From"